4 days ago · At the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Abdur Rahman, a senior leader of Hasina’s Awami League and a minister in her government, sat unperturbed in his office enjoying a poetry recital by a ...

6 days ago · The ouster of Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 led to widespread violence against Awami League leaders. Homes, offices, and businesses belonging to party members were ransacked or burned, leaving many with no means to rebuild. “There is no chance of rebuilding anything,” said one three-term MP whose properties were destroyed on the day Hasina fled.

2 days ago · After the fall of her government in August, Sheikh Hasina is maintaining low profile and is staying closely connected to a select group of trusted Awami League leaders. (Reuters File Photo) With the Donald Trump administration halting the United States Agency For International Development (USAID) funding to Bangladesh, the country’s ex-prime ...

5 days ago · A key adviser to Muhammad Yunus’s interim government announced on Saturday that Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League would be barred from participating in upcoming elections. Mahfuz Alam, a prominent figure in the Anti-Discrimination Movement, which led the uprising that ousted Hasina’s government and forced ...

In January 2024 Hasina won her fourth consecutive term when her party, the Awami League, won 224 of the 300 parliamentary seats amidst a low voter turnout in an election boycotted by the main opposition.

Oct 7, 2024 · The former office of Hasina's Awami League in a Dhaka suburb lies deserted. Other party buildings have been vandalized and set ablaze following the fall of her government.

Oct 3, 2024 · Back in Bangladesh, an almighty reckoning is underway. Following 15 years of uninterrupted rule, practically every government institution has been politicized by Hasina’s Awami League party,...

Oct 3, 2024 · Hasina’s Awami League has already been ousted from mainstream politics. Will it end up on the path toward violent extremism and strategic marginalization? By Shafi Md Mostofa

Jan 7, 2024 · Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her fourth straight term in a controversial election. Ms Hasina will serve another five years in office after her party the Awami...

Jan 9, 2024 · Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election after a campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, giving her and her Awami League a fourth consecutive term.